It’s amazing what students are capable of, isn’t it? They just need teachers to be able to show them how to use the proper tools. In this session the clinician will share free resources and lesson plans to help you build a sequential and accessible introductory music technology program for students in grades 4-6. The session will cover a variety of components of music technology, from writing simple beat patterns to arranging music using existing loops to modifying recorded sounds in a sampler. At the end of the year, your students will have an understanding of how to organize and write pop music. The best part is they will leave every class saying, “I can’t wait for music next week!”
Target Audience
Elementary music teachers, grades 3-6
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Clinician Info
Molly Peters
Ms. Molly Peters is a 3rd-5th grade music teacher in the Culver City Unified School District. She spent the previous 20 years as the choir director at West Ranch High School and Rancho Pico Junior High School in the William S Hart High School District, where she built programs based on music literacy and high performance standards. Ms. Peters is also passionate about music technology, and developed a 7-12 grade music industry CTE career pathway for the Hart District in which students create original projects using DAWs like Soundtrap, Logic, and Ableton. She earned her Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her Masters Degree in Educational Administration from California State University, Bakersfield. In her free time, Molly enjoys traveling, reading, gardening, cooking, going to Dodgers baseball games, and of course attending live music performances. Ms. Peters is also the proud mom of humans Clark and Georgia, and dog Tugg. She and her husband live with their menagerie in Los Angeles. Ms. Peters is the President Elect for the California Choral Directors Association.